This is only the latest of such criticism ESPN has received in the past year. As the network sought to boost more diverse voices on its air, some viewers saw those moves as a sign of an increasing "liberal bias" at the network.

As Business Insider sports editor Cork Gaines reported in May, ESPN radio host Dan Le Batard slapped away those accusations, which Le Batard said were "coming from people who are 'bothered' by ESPN's attempt to offer a diversity of viewpoints.